Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 2 | no , no , well when I , when I get it , the thing that gets me going is this , that complete car cost me er six thousand , eight hundred |
| 3 | Gees that bloody car frightened me then ! |
| 4 | At times my skateboarding skills astounded me : zipping around corners , weaving through obstacles etc . |
| 5 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 6 | I am invited from time to time to sow the seeds of Medau , and last time Brown Owl allowed me to present each girl with a Medau leaflet . |
| 7 | Their ugly faces and unpleasant smell made me feel quite ill . |
| 8 | The oddly medieval flavour of the Latin notes intrigued me , and there were occasional memoranda in the formal English of Louisa 's day . |
| 9 | His round , brown eyes regarded me obliquely , a little suspiciously above the high cheekbones . |
| 10 | Reliable informants told me that the Kundry , Dunja Vejzovic , who was dreadfully bronchitic the night I attended , had performed impressively earlier in the run . |
| 11 | In any event , a few particularly strident voices denounced me over the agreement . |
| 12 | ‘ The funny side hit me when I woke up this morning . |
| 13 | I remember the Daily Mail called me and said , ‘ You must feel really bitter . ’ |
| 14 | Fucking what , I , I 'm , I think it was he 's mum or not , some old biddy gave me a right old . |
| 15 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 16 | one journalist , one famous Scottish journalist told me when I wo , when I , when I had ambitions to be a journalists , oh do n't go into journalism because you 're a women and all you 'll get to write about is fashion ! |
| 17 | Many generous readers sent me lovely ‘ Many Happy Returns ’ cards . |
| 18 | brown curls distracted me . |
| 19 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 20 | ‘ Old Amos botched me when he made me from his seed . |
| 21 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 22 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 23 | Not that , probably , I would have found much in common with Kington Aimes , the humorous novelist , or Douglas Parkin , the Northern poet , or the two left-wing critics , but the dearth of English tones left me feeling even more culturally isolated than usual . |
| 24 | Cos you ca n't get , an old bloke told me that . |
| 25 | The British official behind his high desk asked me numerous questions which I did n't understand . |
| 26 | My extended senses told me that it was vast . |
| 27 | ‘ The British Intelligence followed me to Spain , ’ he went on . |
| 28 | The two hind feet hit me almost simultaneously but as I sailed backwards through the door I remember thinking quite clearly that the one on the chest had made contact fractionally before the one on the abdomen . |
| 29 | ‘ No-one in the Marine Corps taught me how to run a covert operation ’ said North , ruefully , at his trial . |
| 30 | ‘ I am happy to say , ’ Gould wrote to Sir John Franklin , with a somewhat exaggerated show of piety and self-restraint , ‘ that my last trip to the interior has been productive of much that is interesting , having discovered many novelties both in birds and quadrupeds , my whole journeys in fact to these colonies have been most auspicious ones and I return satisfied and especially thankful for what our almighty providence has in his infinite goodness allowed me to see . |